Folding bed-curtain



(No Model.)

W. J. WRIGHT. FOLDING BED CURTAIN.

No.556,235.. PatentedMar.'10,1896.

WITNESSES.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM J. XVRIGHT, OF BEACON, PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLDING BED-CURTAIN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 556,235, dated March 10,1896. Application filed September 18, 1895. Serial No. 562,887. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. WRIGHT, residing at Beacon, in. thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Folding Bed-Curtain, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of afolding curtain for beds, and hasprimarily for its object to provide a device of this kind which willautomatically fold up when released from its holding or catch devicesand be out of the -Way when not in use, and which can be quickly drawnover the bed and secured atfirst described in detail and thenspecifically pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of myinvention, showing the same applied to a bed and the curtain drawn out.Fig. 2 is a view of the foot portion of the bedstead, the curtaindevices being shown at their drawn-in or folded position. Fig. 3, 4, and5 are detail views hereinafter specifically referred to.

In its practical construction my invention embodies a spring-roller A,of the ordinary construction, which is adapted to be fitted in bracketsB B, secured to the bedstead, preferably to the foot-board, as shown inFig. 1, which brackets have extended members I) I) (see Fig. 4C) for apurpose presently explained.

To the roller A are secured one end of a series of cords or narrow tapes0, the other ends of which are connected to a rod D, of a width slightlymore than the bed, whereby, when the canopy or curtain is drawn over thebed, as shown in Fig. 1, it can be conveniently slipped into engagementwith the hook members E E, secured to the head-board, as shown.

F indicates the curtain or canopy, which is made much wider than thebed, so that the ends f will hang down over the sides of the bedsteadand give the occupant plenty of room to turn over on the bed withoutdisturbing the curtain.

The curtain F has a number of eyes or slits f in its central or upperportion, through which the cords O are passed before their outer endsare secured to the rod D, such slits oreyes in practice having eyeletsor reinforce portions f as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

G indicates a protector-rod, which is disposed in front of and parallelto the roller A, and secured in the extension I) of the brackets B B.The cords 0 pass over the said rod G, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be readily seen that when the rod D isreleased from the hooks E E the spring-roller A will at once draw thesaid rod D toward the foot-board of the bed, and as the said rod D isthus drawn back the cords will pull through the slits and cause thecurtain to fold against the rod G, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, andthereby keep such curtain from engaging the roller A and becomingtangled therewith.

My invention will be found especially useful for sick-rooms, where it isdesired that the patient at all times be kept free from flies or otherinsects.

It is manifest that when the bed is unoccupied and made up the curtaincan be left to its folded position at the foot of the bed, where it willbe practically so held as not to mar the appearance of the bed.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination with the brackets, the spring-roller, the cords 0 rod Dand hooks E, arranged as shown, of the rod G secured to the brackets andextended in front of and parallel with the spring-roller and the curtainF secured to the roller and having slidable connections with the cordsas set forth.

WM. J. XVRIGHT.

W'itnesses:

A. O. HERRON, JOE A. RISING.

